The Crash Detectives

Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters

By: Christine Negroni

Narrated by: Christine Negroni

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“Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.” —Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson

A fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail—leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370—and how the lessons learned from these accidents have made flying safer.

In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer. Indeed, as Negroni shows, virtually every aspect of modern pilot training, airline operation, and airplane design has been shaped by lessons learned from disaster. Along the way, she also details some miraculous saves, when quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive.

Tying in aviation science, performance psychology, and extensive interviews with pilots, engineers, human factors specialists, crash survivors, and others involved in accidents all over the world, The Crash Detectives is an alternately terrifying and inspiring book that might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you a more informed passenger.

“Christine Negroni combines her investigative reporting skills with an understanding of the complexities of air accident investigations to bring to life some of history’s most intriguing and heartbreaking cases.” —Bob Woodruff, ABC News

Love It!

Excellent subject matter covering a fascinating subject. Well, for me any way. After some 30 years in military aviation I have always been fascinated by the subject of air disasters. This book is a good start off point if you wish to learn more on the subject. There are even a few that I never knew about. Cool.

Insider's Account of Aircraft Investigating

Aviation mysteries are fascinating to me. Numbers-wise there may be few fatal crashes each year, but when they occur they impact many more lives than just the passengers and crew members involved.

The author does an excellent job drawing from her own experience as a crash scene Investigator and applying it to some of the most infamous disasters since the dawn of aviation. Tying many of those lessons to the unsolved Malaysian Air MH370 disappearance is quite fascinating.

It is rare to hear an author narrate their own book but she does and with great success. That personal touch added to the overall success of this book, which I am pleased to recommend.

The absolute best book I've heard on aviation crashes

This is the best book I've listened to on aviation. It's compelling and interesting and thrilling. You won't be disappointed

good info but scatterd style

I enjoyed the book, but the writing style was difficult to follow. the stories bounced around and made it hard to follow.

Excellent Detail

I was familiar with many of the incidents the author covered from countless hours watching aviation-related documentaries. This book served to fill in many things I did not know about them, so the depth of the accounts was exactly what I was seeking.

Many authors are not great at narration, but this author's experience as an on-air aviation commentator gave her the skills required to expertly read the story while making it both interesting and entertaining.